The travel cost must be paid by this week if you want to join the travel.
I wrote this sentence. I showed it to a native speaker, then he changed the last word(travel) to ‘trip’, saying people usually confused ‘trip’ and ‘travel’. I used ‘travel cost’, so I used ‘travel’ again with ‘the’ as a direct object for ‘join’. Why shouldn’t I use ‘travel’? What’s the difference between the two words? I looked up the dictionary, but I can’t find out the answer.
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Dear earlybir… !
Eventhough the main part of both the words is quite same but in real the difference lies between intention!
Travel is used to complete the projected assignment for instance to reach at Office, Meeting, Gathering, Home, School etc whether Trip is intented for Travel solely…
I hope the confusion has been resolved at your part…
In this sentence, „travel” is used as a verb. It is something you do. It represents movement from place to place. The correct word to use at the end of the sentence would be „trip” because it represents a noun. It is a thing, a definitive place people are going. Something that is planned.
Words can make a head spin!!!!
As you look at the following information you will see they can be used interchangablbe. One can also see the many ways they can be used.
Trip: The first listed part of speech is a noun.
Travel: The first listed part of speech is a verb.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
TRIP
NOUN:
1. A going from one place to another; a journey.
2. A stumble or fall.
3. A maneuver causing someone to stumble or fall.
4. A mistake.
5. Slang a. A hallucinatory experience induced by a psychedelic drug: an acid trip. b. An intense, stimulating, or exciting experience: a power trip.
6. Slang a. A usually temporary but absorbing interest or preoccupation: He’s on another health food trip. b. A certain way of life or situation: “deny that his reclusiveness is some sort of deliberate star trip” (Patricia Bosworth).
7. A light or nimble tread.
8a. A device, such as a pawl, for triggering a mechanism. b. The action of such a device.
VERB: Inflected forms: tripped, trip·ping, trips
INTRANSITIVE VERB: 1. To stumble. 2. To move nimbly with light rapid steps; skip. 3. To be released, as a tooth on an escapement wheel in a watch. 4. To make a trip. 5. To make a mistake: tripped up on the last question. 6. Slang To have a drug-induced hallucination.
TRANSITIVE VERB: 1. To cause to stumble or fall. 2. To trap or catch in an error or inconsistency. 3. To release (a catch, trigger, or switch), thereby setting something in operation. 4. Nautical a. To raise (an anchor) from the bottom. b. To tip or turn (a yardarm) into a position for lowering. c. To lift (an upper mast) in order to remove the fid before lowering.
IDIOM: trip the light fantastic To dance.
ETYMOLOGY: Middle English, act of tripping, from trippen, to trip, from Old French tripper, to stamp the foot, of Germanic origin.
TRAVEL
VERB: Inflected forms: trav·eled or trav·elled, trav·el·ing or trav·el·ling, trav·els or trav·els
INTRANSITIVE VERB: 1. To go from one place to another, as on a trip; journey. 2. To go from place to place as a salesperson or agent. 3. To be transmitted, as light or sound; move or pass. 4. To advance or proceed. 5. To go about in the company of a particular group; associate: travels in wealthy circles. 6. To move along a course, as in a groove. 7. To admit of being transported without loss of quality; Some wines travel poorly. 8. Informal To move swiftly. 9. Basketball To walk or run illegally while holding the ball.
TRANSITIVE VERB: To pass or journey over or through; traverse: travel the roads of Europe.
NOUN: 1. The act or process of traveling; movement or passage from one place to another. 2. travels a. A series of journeys. b. An account of one’s journeys. 3. Activity or traffic along a route or through a given point. 4. The activity or business of arranging trips or providing services for travelers. 5a. The motion of a piece of machinery, especially of a reciprocating part; stroke. b. The length of a mechanical stroke.
ETYMOLOGY: Middle English travelen, alteration of travailen, to toil, from Old French travailler.
Both travel & trip can be used as verbs or nouns. I’d say they are synonymous when used in the context of going from one place to another. No difference. „I am going to travel to France” – same meaning as „I’m going to make a trip to France”. As a previous answer said, it’s good to try not to use repeat words in a passage, so trip & travel can be inter-changed.
travel is a verb
trip is a noun
change the 2nd travel to trip. It just sounds better– i don’t like to repeat words